Eric W. Biederman wrote: > This patch makes loopback_dev per network namespace. Adding > code to create a different loopback device for each network > namespace and adding the code to free a loopback device > when a network namespace exits. > > This patch modifies all users the loopback_dev so they > access it as init_net.loopback_dev, keeping all of the > code compiling and working. A later pass will be needed to > update the users to use something other than the initial network > namespace.
A pity that an important bit of explanation is missed. The initialization of loopback_dev is moved from a chain of devices (init_module) to a subsystem initialization to keep proper order, i.e. we must be sure that the initialization order is correct. Regards, Den - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html